A J Virgo Monumental Mason has created headstones and plaques for thousands of Herefordians since 1840, among them was one commissioned for one of Edward Elgar's dogs. Several have been made for films shot locally, where genuine stones couldn't be used.

Since the firm began, at the family cottage in Ewyas Harold in 1840, Arthur J Virgo has been a familiar name on the Herefordshire landscape. The business moved from Ewyas Harold to Church Street and then in 1935 relocated to the premises they occupied until this year, in Kyrle Street. Arthur J Virgo has now moved, for only the third time in it's 175 year history, to an undercover premises in Ravenswod Court, Rotherwas.